Live at the Caravan of Dreams (Ronald Shannon Jackson album) explained

Live at the Caravan of Dreams
Type:Live album
Artist:Ronald Shannon Jackson with Twins Seven Seven
Cover:Live at the Caravan of Dreams (Ronald Shannon Jackson album).jpg
Released:1986
Recorded:1985
Venue:Caravan of Dreams, Fort Worth, Texas
Genre:Free jazz
Length:39:07
Label:Caravan of Dreams Productions
CDP 85005
Producer:Kathelin Hoffman
Chronology:Ronald Shannon Jackson
Prev Title:Decode Yourself
Prev Year:1985
Next Title:When Colors Play
Next Year:1986

Live at the Caravan of Dreams is an album by Ronald Shannon Jackson and The Decoding Society with Twins Seven Seven, recorded in 1985 at the Caravan of Dreams in Fort Worth, Texas, and released on the Caravan of Dreams label. The album was rereleased on CD in 1999 on Knit Classics as Beast in the Spider Bush: Live at the Caravan of Dreams.

Reception

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek stated: "The trademark harmolodic melody lines are present, but in the way of real group interplay and improvisation, there is little heat. Twins Seven Seven is a fantastic singing and drumming group; it would be a treat to hear them in some setting other than this one. As for the Decoding Society, it's clear that this was the beginning of the end creatively."

Track listing

All compositions by Ronald Shannon Jackson.

  1. "The Ancient Voice of "E"" – 9:45
  2. "Dream Caravan" – 8:54 [titled African Seance" on reissue]
  3. "Ire (Eray)" – 9:04
  4. "Boiling Cabbage" – 11:18

Personnel